America was founded by the religious that were feeling uncomfortable about Europe's move towards science. Of course I'm not saying there is no science in America, but it is these people's descendants who seem to think we shouldn't be in this room.
Whilst the rest of the West was building universities, hospitals, libraries and cathedrals America was at the frontier stage where charlatan preachers took advantage of the gullible. That is why virtually all the creation and intelligent design sects and cults are American showing they are in fact not Christian but Fundamentalists!